Scotland faces summer of strikes as councils set to offer workers pay rise of 2%

Scots are facing a "summer of discontent" as councils are poised to offer hundreds of thousands of staff a "risible" two per cent pay rise.Scottish Ministers, who stand accused of cutting council funding to the bone, have been urged to cough up more money to avert industrial action.

A senior town hall insider said the final decision on the offer will be made by council leaders at a crunch meeting on Friday.The source said: "Councils are facing a financial crisis. We are all making cuts and balancing our budgets with reserves. School support staff, care workers, bin collectors and environmental health staff would all be affected.One senior trade unionist warned of a "summer of discontent" while Foyer said: “A reported 2% offer is still below inflation. Every year, the same as before, COSLA and the Scottish Government treat workers with disdain despite them holding together our threadbare and funding starved public services.

The GMB union yesterday announced 97 per cent of their members had voted to move to an industrial action ballot should they not receive a credible pay offer.“If an offer of 2% is made, our members will rightly ask why councillors and MSPs accepting a pay rise of more than 6% believe it is fair to offer council workers a third of that?

“Workers have been forced to endure it too many times before and, without joint talks right now leading to a fair offer, industrial action will be inevitable.”

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